The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-16
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Cleveland and the Nomination in l 81

Cleveland and the Nomination in 1883.
The President, says the Washington cor
respondent Of the Philadelphia Record, will
accept the denomination that now seems
certain to be offered to him. l do not make
this assertion on my own authority. have
not talked with the President on this sub
ject. But have talked with some of the
men who have talked with him since Tues
day They all agree that the President is
willing 10 respond favorably to the demand
which his party will make upon him next
summer. One of the Senators who called
on the President Oh Wednesday to congratu-
late him on the success of the Democratic
| party in New York was Vest, of Missouri.
He is the Senator who talked with the
President one day last spring, and then in
formed newspaper that the
President would not accept a re-
nomination. The Senator is not of
that opinion now. And yet the President
has not changed his position. The Senator
has only changed his mind about it. The
Presidents position has always been the
day. He does not want the Office as an
office, he does not want the power for itself,
and he has no illusions as to either. He
knows just what haraSsing cares and per-
picking problems hedge them. Personally he
would much prefer to go back to private
life on March 4, 1889. But President Cleve-
land believes in certain reforms, and in the
Democratic party as the best measure of
bringing them about He sees no hope Of
permanent sincere civil service reform from
the party that would nominate Blaine in
the very face of his record. He sees no
hope of honest revenue reform from the
party that has no other plan than to abolish
the taxes on luXurieS in order to maintain
them on neceSsaiies.
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Republican party as at present managed,
and no one has had better opportunities Of
realizing this than President Cleveland. He
looks to the Democratic party for what no
cannot find in the Republican party. The
President is Democrat. The phrase II am
Democrat" which Gov. Hill seems to
claim as trademark, was used with the
same emphasis by President Cleveland be-
fore Gov. Hill had ever been heard of out
side Of New York politics. The President
is a Democrat from conviction, profoundly
believing in the principles Of the Demo
cratic party, and believing that the more
thoroughly these principles may be applied
in governing the country the
better this country will be gov
erned. He belle les that the Democratic
party, since it came into possession of the
Executive Department Of the government,
two years and half ago, has done great
deal toward the accomplishment of the re-
forms which are so near his heart. He be-
lieves that a continuance Of the Democratic
party in power for four years more would
be the best thing that could possibly come
to the country. He will do everything that
an honest high-minded man can do to bring
about such a result. And therefore if, as
seems inevitable, the Democratic party will
insist upon his being its candidate again in
1888 as the only man whose success is
reasonably assured, he will doubtless
acquieSce / know how hard it is to
make politicians believe that the Presi-
dents position was dictated by patriotism,
and not by policy, since for once the right
has been palpably expedient. But l feel
that can appeal from the scornful to the
plain people--of whom Cleveland, like Lin
coin, is at once the type and the representa-
tive-who know very well that the Presi-
dent is trying his hardest to do what is
right. At all events, tell you as the news
of the week that all political plans are being
laid here on the theory that Cleveland will
remain in the White House until March s.
1893. 1t is the general opinion of the Sena-
tors and Representatives now here, | may
add, that Blaine will not run against him,
but that he will nominate Allison and Haw-
ley. 1t seems TO be assumed that he will
control the Republican convention.